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This Week in Geekdom

Hi everyone! Belated wishes for a wonderful long weekend to all those who celebrated the 4th of July. Hopefully Hurricane Arthur didn't rain out all three days for you. While the GIR and I were able to enjoy some BBQ, board games, and the haul from the Steam Summer Sale (Long Live the Queen, you are so addictive), we're also in the process of beginning final preparations for Gen Con 2014. Squee! More on the latter in upcoming posts though; for now, let's get down to the Week in Geekdom!

Comics

One of the single most-hyped events scheduled to hit the world of comics this year is the upcoming Death of Wolverine series. As part of the run-up to the release, Marvel will be deploying these 'memorial kits' to build interest (since the concept of Wolverine dying wasn't attention-grabbing enough?). The kits will be available at your friendly local comic book retailer.

The Supreme Court of the United States has been at the forefront of many media outlets this past week, but fans of Superman may already be looking forward to the next round of SCOTUS decisions. The heirs of Superman creator Joe Shuster have requested that SCOTUS overturn a 1992 ruling that saw said heirs waive their rights to the Man of Steel.

The World Cup may be only four games from completion, but FIFA still has a monopoly on football as it's played in your living room. This is a solid breakdown of why the FIFA games remain so incredibly beloved and will give you a Cup caliber football fix long after next Sunday.

Though Gillian Anderson takes pride in the nine years she spent portraying Special Agent Dana Scully, she can't look back on her iconic work without cringing at the costumes.

Movies

On Thursday we got a new glimpse of the forthcoming Batman vs Superman movie. Bonus: the movie now has a title (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice).

Science/Technology

The collective attentions of would-be spacefarers has long been focused on the still-theoretical missions to send humans to Mars, but a collective of science fiction writers have put together this argument that we should perhaps consider visiting Venus instead.

A team of researchers at the University of Colorado Joint Institute for Lab Astrophysics believes that they have discovered an entirely new state of matter. Guys, meet excitons.

We may now have a better handle on the fundamental states and nature of matter, but, if quantum mechanics is actually universally applicable, that knowledge may be an illusion.

While we're on the subject of entirely novel states of being, check out this new theory of star formation that posits that one in every 10,000 stars must be made entirely of heavy metal. Bonus: the theory is predicated on a suitably 'metal' climatic phenomenon.

IBM's Watson is a formidable opponent on Jeopardy, but the cognitive computer has a surprising creative side. Meet Chef Watson, the foodie computer.